Fair week is really more than a week. There are the weeks before fair when we are teaching our sheep to walk on halter, and the week before fair when we work on the fleeces to get them looking there finest. We exhibited our sheep at the Altamont Fair last week. Abby and Liz worked hard with our sheep. We had such a great time!!! Unfortunately, Abby is back to work and will miss the rest of the show season. We will miss her!!
The following week is The Washington County Fair. I am a 4-H leader in Washington County even though I live in Saratoga County. Its my home town fair. I miss exhibiting there, but as a 4-H leader I feel like I am still contributing to the sheep barn. My 4-H club did a great job of showing their sheep. I am very proud of all of them. If you are at the fair be sure to stop by the sheep barn, there are plenty of sheep and goats to see and there is still plenty going on. Friday is quiz bowl at 1pm. (this is a chance for the 4-Her's to see how much they have learned about sheep and caring for sheep). Saturday is a sheep shearing demo with Fred DePaul, a spinning bee at 3pm(this is a contest to see who can spin the most yarn in a set amount of time) , and lead line (this is a contest to exhibit the work that has been done this year with wool, while leading your sheep) at 7:30 in the evening.
I hope that I will see you there.
The Yarn Shop will be back to normal hours next week. I have many things going on and will post them to our new web site calendar. Be sure to check it out. www. fostersheepfarm.com It is still a work in progress, but it will get better each week.
